Planning Changes or Improvements?
If you are planning to have any exterior
improvements/renovations/work done on your home, including either on your house
or in your yard, please submit a Design
Review Committee Request. The DRC has 45 days to approve or deny your
request. Each project/property is individually reviewed. You may not start an
exterior project until you have the formal approval letter from Professional
Management/Forest Park HOA.
DRC Form
and Governing Documents
The DRC Form is found in the Design Standards section
of your Covenants packet, or may be downloaded here: Design Review Request Form
If you are unable to download or locate this form, please request
a copy from the Management Company.
If you are unable to locate your Covenants, Master
Declarations, Design Standards, please visit the Governing Documents page,
or we can send you email copies (in three separate e-mails because of the size
of the files).
Please request governing documents, or an e-mail copy of the DRC Form from Forest Park .
Submitting a Design
Request for Review
When the DRC
Form is submitted, include a plat plan of the property including:
property boundaries
detailed
building envelope
detailed
home "footprint
Include locations and details of the exterior improvement,
changes, additions on the Design change request.
The Plat plan, Improvement Location Certificate may be
obtained in Castle Rock at the Douglas County offices.
Limits to Changes
Allowed
Exterior improvements/changes must remain within the
building envelope.
Native vegetation/native areas cannot be harmed, removed,
disturbed on homeowner property or on HOA property.
Wireless/Invisible/wood fences need approval and cannot be
located outside the building envelope or in wildlife corridor/conservation
easement.
If you are unsure whether you need approval for a project,
please ask the Management Company.
Wireless Fences
Wireless/Invisible/wood fences need approval and cannot be located outside the
building envelope or in wildlife corridor/conservation easement.
Painting
- Staining - Mulch
You do not need DRC approval if you are painting your house
or staining your deck the EXACT same color as it is currently. Any color
changes need approval. Any new decking/railing material needs approval. If you
are re-mulching or adding mulch, the mulch should be natural colors and not the
dyed unnatural colors. Landscaping changes, addition of trees/shrubs/plantings,
need approval if they were not approved in the past 12 months.
Fire Pits
Any fire pits/fire containers
need to be approved BEFORE use/purchase. Ember releasing fires are NEVER
allowed in Forest Park. (Fireworks of any kind are also NOT allowed). If you
have a propane or gas fire pit/container/Chiminea on your property and you do not have a formal
approval letter from Professional Management/Design Review committee then you
need to request a DRC review of your fire pit/container. This includes Coleman
propane fire containers, Costco fire containers, ANY propane/gas fire
pit/container.
If you are new to Forest Park and do not
know if the fire pit/container on your property has the approval, call Professional Management
and ask. When a DRC request form is received, DRC will inspect the
location of your fire pit, the safety features of your fire pit, the nearness
of combustible/flammable materials, vegetation, etc. This is for the protection
of the community!!! If you do not have written approval from Professional
Management/Forest Park HOA, do not use the gas/propane fire pits/containers
until you do have the approval. If you have a decorative use only Chiminea, please let us know that you have it and that you
will not burn in it, so if someone sees it on your property, we do not send you
a letter concerning the Chiminea use. Fire torches/tiki torches/etc. that have fire
flames and/or liquid fuel could unfortunately fall over/spill and also are not
allowed.
A fire in Forest Park would
devastate us all and is a concern to all of us as well.